Highway Bridges		Ting Kau Bridge Location Hong Kong Type of structure Cable-stayed bridge; twin composite decks Owner/Client Highways Department Hongkong Completed 1999 Scope of our work Conceptual design, detailed design, site supervision Architect Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Stuttgart Cooperation Binnie, Hong Kong The Ting Kau Bridge in Hong Kong is one of the few multi-span cable-stayed bridges ever built and, with 1177 m of cable-supported deck, it is one of the longest cable stayed bridges in the world. The bridge is one of a multitude of infrastructure projects for the new Chep Lap Kok airport, located on Lantau Island some 30 km from Hong Kong Island. The design of this bridge contains special features such as single leg towers, which are stabilised by transverse cables like masts of a sailboat. The Ting Kau Bridge and approach viaducts link the western New Territories and the mainland to an expressway called Lantau Fixed Crossing, which connects the new Airport with Kowloon and Hong Kong. It meets the Lantau Fixed Crossing on Tsing Yi Island only 500 m from the Tsing Ma Bridge. Total Length 1,177 m Main Tower Height 201.55 m Ting Kau Tower Height 173.30 m Tsing Yi Tower Height 164.30 m Deck surface 46,000 m² Deck cable steel 2,800 t Structural steel deck 8,900 t Reinforcement deck 90 kg/m² Reinforcement towers 200 kg/m² Spans 127 + 448 + 475 + 127 m